"Apple just dismissed more than 200 employees from Project Titan, its autonomous vehicle group" CNBC 7:48 AM
"Apple Self-Driving Car Layoffs Are a Nod to Reality: It was never clear that Apple managed to develop the partnerships it needed. Now it should focus on the bets it can win." Bloomberg [Free/Paid Registration Required] 8:28 AM
"Apple reportedly slashes its Project Titan team by 200 workers as auto division 'focuses their work': Machine learning, AI groups to be shifted to other projects." Macworld 10:02 AM
"Apple lays off more than 200 employees from 'Project Titan' autonomous vehicle team" AppleInsider 7:54 AM
"Apple Cuts 200+ Employees From 'Project Titan' Autonomous Car Team" MacRumors 7:50 AM
"Apple shrinks autonomous vehicle team by 200 employees: The team is reportedly being restructured under new management" The Verge 7:56 AM
"Apple CEO Tim Cook went to Davos for the first time — here's what he got up to" CNBC 7:54 AM
"Prime Minister Andrej Babiš claims Tim Cook agreed to build first Czech Apple Store at Davos meeting" 9to5Mac 4:21 PM
"Tim Cook talks reveals plans for Prague Apple store in talk with Czech Prime Minister" AppleInsider 4:22 PM
"Apple's 2020 iPhone Lineup Should Pack a Punch: Reports suggest next year's iPhones will contain 5G modems and 3D rear-camera systems, and will solely rely on OLED displays." TheStreet 2:26 PM
"Preliminary opinion of European Patent Office sides with Apple and Intel: two Qualcomm patents invalid" Foss Patents 5:37 PM
"The Mac App Store welcomes Office 365" Apple 12:23 PM
"Mac malware attack found to hide payload in advertising graphics" AppleInsider 1:15 PM
"As Apple Macintosh turns 35, Android, Linux, OS X users get to run its classic apps: Classic Mac apps compiled for 30-year-old CPUs can now live on in the Advanced Mac Substitute emulator for Linux, Mac OS X, and Android devices." ZDNet 8:20 AM
"Apple Seeds First Beta of macOS Mojave 10.14.4 Update to Developers" MacRumors 12:23 PM
AppleCare/Troubleshooting
"Known bugs in macOS Mojave 10.14.3: an incomplete summary" Eclectic Light Company 8:53 AM
Op/Ed
"The Best GUI Feature Apple Has Ever Released in macOS History" The Mac Observer 5:29 PM
Press Releases
"Happy birthday! Jamf brings Azure authentication to the Mac" Apple Must 9:58 AM
"Microsoft Office Launching Soon on Mac App Store" MacRumors 10:13 AM
"Microsoft Office launch on the Mac App Store appears imminent, subscription required for full features" 9to5Mac 9:45 AM
"Hour and a Half Film Making Masterclass with Final Cut Pro X" fcp.co 8:53 AM
"New Version Announcement - Paperless 3 for Mac!" Mariner Software 8:23 AM
"File Extractor for macOS Quickly Extracts Files Hidden in Other Files" prMac 7:49 AM
"Product Manager 2.4.1 to manage company products on Macintosh from different standpoints" Ecleti 7:47 AM
"Apple changes its iPhone photo contest page to say it will pay winners: It looks like the backlash has had an effect" The Verge 8:01 PM
"iPhone XR Biggest Selling Model in US" [2-page PDF] CIRP 2:21 PM
"iPhone XR best selling model in US, Max outsold XS 2:1 – CIRP" 9to5Mac 2:22 PM
"iPhone XR accounts for 39% U.S. iPhone sales" Apple Must 2:22 PM
"Strategy Analytics: China Smartphone Shipments Fell 11 Percent in Q4 2018/According to the latest research from Strategy Analytics, China smartphone shipments tumbled 11 percent annually to reach 108 million units in the fourth quarter of 2018. Huawei was the star performer and clear market leader, while Apple and Xiaomi lost ground." Business Wire 6:20 PM
"Chinese iPhone shipments dipped 3.1M in Q4 2018, full year down 2.5M units" AppleInsider 6:59 PM
"Rembrandt Wireless Technologies, LP v. Apple Inc." Law360 [Free/Paid Membership Required] 2:59 PM
"Apple sued over Bluetooth communications in devices going back to iPhone 3GS" AppleInsider 3:00 PM
"Sonos Plans Headphones in Move Outside the Home" ["Sonos will be competing in a growing but crowded headphone market that includes Bose Corp., Sennheiser, Apple Inc. unit Beats, and Skullcandy Inc. Apple is planning its own over-ear headphones for as early as the second half of this year, people familiar with the plans told Bloomberg in June."] Bloomberg [Free/Paid Registration Required] 9:57 AM
"Apple-Branded Over-Ear Headphones Said to Launch as Early as Second Half of 2019" MacRumors 9:58 AM
"Apple store on riverfront selling for $79 million: The location has become a destination for shoppers and gawkers alike since it opened amid much hoopla in 2017." Crain's Chicago Business 8:05 AM
"Sale of Apple's Michigan Avenue flagship store will mark one of Chicago's most expensive retail real estate deals" 9to5Mac 8:54 AM
"Google steals senior Mac OS engineer from Apple to work on Fuchsia OS" Android Authority 8:04 AM
"Apple poaches a Samsung executive to help lead its own battery work" iDownload Blog 8:33 AM
"Apple hires Samsung battery exec: It may be trying to wean itself off third-party batteries." CNET 9:51 AM
"Apple might start making its own batteries for iPhones and Macs: Apple's quest to control every part of its products continues." Ars Technica 4:34 PM
"Malvertising campaign targets Apple users with malicious code hidden in images: New malvertising group named VeryMal hijacked over five million web sessions to redirect Apple users to sites offering malware-laced software." ZDNet 10:42 AM
Non-Apple News
"Mark Zuckerberg wrote 1,000 words defending Facebook, but the most interesting thing about it was where he published it" Business Insider 8:01 PM
"Internet experiment goes wrong, takes down a bunch of Linux routers: Routers running FRR impacted in first experiment test run. Some ISPs in Asia and Australia affected the second time." ZDNet 6:35 PM
"A researcher says kids should actually start using screens sooner in life, despite what you've been told" Business Insider 4:40 PM
"Here's what Sheryl Sandberg's been telling the global elite about the radical change coming Facebook's way" Business Insider 2:22 PM
"If you bought anything from these 10 companies in the last year, your data may have been stolen" Business Insider 1:16 PM
"It's Now Clear None of the Supposed Benefits of Killing Net Neutrality Are Real: Network investment is down, layoffs abound, and networks are falling apart. This isn't the glorious future Ajit Pai promised." Motherboard 11:19 AM
"'Swatting' conspirators charged in US: Three American men have been charged with aiding a hoaxer whose prank led to a fatal shooting." BBC 11:14 AM
"Watch DeepMind's AI Tackle 'Starcraft 2': The popular strategy game is a difficult challenge for AI. At 1 PM EST today, DeepMind will demo its AI on 'Starcraft 2'." Motherboard 10:42 AM
"Google Voice VoIP calling is rolling out now, 100% next week" 9to5Google 10:25 AM
"Right to Repair is already hurling into action in 2019" iFixit 8:52 AM
"Apple's secretive Project Titan just received another serious setback" BGR 5:36 PM
"Passwords and Muscle Memory: Yesterday I was unable to login to one of my (personal, not work) computers because I had forgotten my password." inessential 3:26 PM
"Google Vs. Apple: 6 Months Later" Seeking Alpha 2:39 PM
"Apple in 2019 and the case of the expensive iPhone" AppleInsider 8:46 AM
"No, Apple Isn't Overcharging for the iPhone" The Motley Fool 8:20 AM
"How will Apple's 2019 iPhone counter the Google Pixel camera? Apple may need to re-think its classic approach to iPhone upgrades if the company wants to keep up in the battle of smartphone cameras." Macworld 7:56 AM
"Dead Apple killers: It's harder than it looks" Macworld 7:56 AM
"Happy birthday, Mac! Now where's the 2019 iMac?" Apple World Today 8:08 AM
"Apple CEO Cook on Macintosh's 35th anniversary: 'We love the Mac" MacDailyNews 7:55 AM
Non-Apple
"Garmin's Place in the Fitness Wearables Ecosystem" Tech.pinions [Free/Paid Registration Required] 11:14 AM
"Meizu's 'holeless' device isn't the future of phones – it's the future of phone advertising: The tech might be good, but it's just not for now" The Next Web 9:52 AM
"I've been using Microsoft's beautiful $4,200 Surface Studio 2 for weeks, and I want to keep using it forever — but I wouldn't recommend it for most people" Business Insider 8:54 AM
Humor/Cartoons
"That annoying Voice Memo button..." The Joy of Tech [cartoon] 7:46 AM
"Microsoft's Bing Accessible in China After Hours of Outages" Bloomberg [Free/Paid Registration Required] 1:10 PM
"Microsoft's Bing search engine returns to China just a day after users reported outages" Business Insider 4:41 PM
"Microsoft's Bing Back Online in China After Apparent Blockage" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 6:11 PM
"Microsoft's Bing search engine restored in China" BBC 7:43 PM
"Chinese Government Blocks Bing.com in the Country" Thurrott 5:34 AM
"Chinese government reportedly blocks Microsoft Bing in latest censorship of U.S. internet services" GeekWire 5:34 AM
"Microsoft confirms Bing is down in China" TechCrunch 5:48 AM
"Microsoft's Bing is blocked in China as tensions between Beijing and Washington escalate" Telegraph 5:48 AM
"Microsoft confirms Bing is 'inaccessible' in China: The reason why is still unclear." Engadget 5:49 AM
"Microsoft's Bing search engine inaccessible in China" BBC 5:49 AM
"Microsoft confirms Bing is currently 'inaccessible' in China" Neowin 5:47 AM
"Microsoft says Bing search engine now blocked in China" FOXNews 6:06 AM
"Microsoft Office 365 Down (Again): Mailbox Database Infrastructure Blamed" Computer Business Review 6:06 AM
"Microsoft Outlook and Office 365 DOWN: Hundreds report login and server connection issues/OUTLOOK and Microsoft Office 365 are down with hundreds of users reporting login and Microsoft server connection problems today." Express UK 6:11 AM
"Office 365 enjoys good old-fashioned Thursday wobble as email drops over in Europe: 2018's greatest hits on repeat in 2019 for some lucky Microsoft punters" The Register 6:11 AM
"Microsoft CEO says facial recognition technology needs to be regulated" CNBC 6:07 AM
"Cloud customers pairing AWS and Microsoft Azure, according to Kentik: Multi-cloud may eclipse hybrid as a deployment mantra for enterprise cloud deployments. Simply put, you'll wind up using a bunch of clouds." ZDNet 12:14 PM
"Intel Shares Drop On Q4 Sales, Q1 Guidance Miss" Benzinga 3:18 PM
"Intel's forecast misses on slowing China, data center; shares tumble" Reuters 4:41 PM
"Intel stock drops after earnings show weak outlook, revenue miss: Shares fall 7% in after-hours trading as forecast tainted by economic uncertainty, China trade fears" MarketWatch 4:40 PM
"Intel's CEO search continues 'with a sense of urgency,' Bob Swan says" ZDNet 6:54 PM
"Intel projects flat 2019 revenue amid slowdown in China, sending shares down more than 6 percent" GeekWire 4:35 PM
"Intel shares drop 6% after rare revenue miss in Q4 earnings." TechCrunch 3:17 PM
"Intel Core CPUs: Everything we know about Intel's 8th and 9th Gen Coffee Lake Refresh processors" Rock, Paper, Shotgun 5:47 AM
"Intel Unveils New RealSense Cameras That Can Help Machines Navigate" UberGizmo 5:57 AM
"Intel to stop the production of Quark-series Processors" Tech News Today 6:05 AM
"Intel CEO Pick, Chip Supplies Shadow Earnings: What to Watch/As of Wednesday, analysts surveyed by Refinitiv expected Intel to report adjusted earnings of $1.22 a share" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 5:57 AM
"Intel's CEO search continues 'with a sense of urgency,' Bob Swan says: More than six months after Intel CEO Brian Krzanich departed, Intel's board should find the right replacement soon, CFO and Interim CEO Bob Swan said Thursday." ZDNet 8:36 PM
"Intel Q4 18 Earnings Conference Call At 5:00 PM ET" Nasdaq 6:05 AM
"Intel's Standalone 6DoF RealSense Tracking Camera T625 with Movidius Inside" AnandTech 4:21 PM
"AMD Radeon VII Sapphire, ASRock, and XFX Reference Models Launched" SegmentNext 5:56 AM
"AMD's 12-core 3rd Gen Ryzen engineering sample is running up to 3.7GHz in tests" PCGamesN 5:56 AM
"Dell unveiled a 75-inch, 4K IPS touchscreen monitor for education purposes" The Crypto 5:51 AM
"Dell to bring global Women Funding Women tour to Dublin" SiliconRepublic 5:52 AM
"'Not supportive of that': Michael Dell slams Ocasio-Cortez's 70% tax on rich" Washington Post [Free Registration Required] 5:52 AM
"HP Enterprise debuts game teaching Girls Scouts about cybersecurity" VentureBeat 10:16 AM
"HP launches 3D printers at Rs 1 crore onwards" The Economic Times 5:54 AM
"HP Jet fusion 300/500 3D printer series comes to India" Gadget Bridge 5:54 AM
"Cisco discloses arbitrary execution in SD-WAN Solution and Webex: Networking giant reveals 23 security issues hitting products including SD-WAN Solution, Webex, and small business routers." ZDNet 5:47 AM
"Cisco's 2018 CSR Report Shows Continued Commitment To Positive Change" Forbes 2:39 PM
"CEO Ginni Rometty says IBM will be the first-place winner in a new trillion-dollar cloud market" Business Insider 7:43 PM
"Opinion: IBM plays a confusing game to claim stronger cloud business" MarketWatch 6:05 AM
"Google's petition for Supreme Court review of Android-Java copyright decisions should be granted--but Oracle should still win" Foss Patents 5:48 PM
"Google asks U.S. Supreme Court to end Oracle copyright case" Reuters 2:38 PM
"Oracle CEO Mark Hurd on the rebellion against complexity: ERP is a bright spot as Oracle, along with its customers, transitions to the cloud." CIO 6:09 AM
"Apple 3.0: iPhone revenue fell 17% last quarter (fiscal Q1 2019)" Apple 3.0 11:18 AM
"Factors Setting the Tone for Apple's Q1 Earnings" Zacks 9:58 AM
Industry News
"Stocks close mostly higher as investors weigh solid earnings against slowing global growth: Airline stocks gain altitude on robust earnings" MarketWatch 4:27 PM
"Dow Stumbles on Conflicting Signals Over U.S.-China Trade Talks: Stocks ended mixed as global investors remain in defensive positions amid ongoing concerns over the strength of the world economy and the fate of U.S.-China trade talks." TheStreet 4:27 PM
"Nasdaq Rallies In Stock Market Today On These Big Earnings Beats" Investor's Business Daily 4:27 PM
"Stocks mixed as trade worries weighed, strong earnings buoyed: U.S. stocks closed mixed Thursday after trading cautiously all session, as investors digested strong earnings but worried about prospects for global growth." FOXBusiness 4:27 PM
"U.S. Stocks End Day Mixed on Earnings, Trade Concerns: S&P 500's consumer-staples sector weighed down by McCormick, which missed analysts' estimates" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 4:27 PM
"Asian markets mostly rise after reassuring earnings on Wall Street: Nikkei slips after disappointing manufacturing data" MarketWatch 6:49 AM
"European markets cautiously higher as investors await ECB conference" MarketWatch 6:49 AM
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